The National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest is a prestigious photography contest that receives entries from over 100 countries around the world, and entrant categories are nature, cities, and people. You can find out the stories behind these impressive photographs, and view more selections on the Travel Photo Contest website.
From the 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest: David Edgar took this photo of an adolescent humpback whale in the South Pacific, several miles off the coast of Tongatapu, Tonga.
From the 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest by photographer Michelle Valberg
From the 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest by Christopher Markisz. Marine-layer fog, glowing in artificial light, pushes inland through the Golden Gate Bridge on a breezy bay area evening.
Spring season in japan, the blue carpet flowers (Nemophila blue flowers) at Hitachi seaside park Ibaraki, taken by Danilo Dungo / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest 2016
Grand Prize, and 1st Prize Nature Category. Photographer: Sergio Tapiro Velasco. The power of nature – The eruption of Colima Volcano in Mexico on December 13th, 2015. / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest 2017
Henningsvær Football Field in Henningsvær in the Lofoten Islands. The photo was taken by Misha De-Stroyev during a 10-day sailing trip in Norway in June 2017. / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest 2017
Category Nature: Grand Prize Winner, “Mermaid” by Reiko Takahashi. / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest 2018
Category People: People’s Choice, “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time” by Daniel Cheung. / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest 2018